Turning Cover Into Concealment: The M240B

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I fucking died when charlie spoke “last time i heard one of these it was in Vegas”

That awkward moment when the "bump stock AR15" the Las Vegas shooter had sounded a lot more like the M240B. Must be a coincidence.

When i was a 240 gunner, i carried about 550 rounds on me. I took the army issued buttpack(it's part of the riflemans kit), taped 3 7.62 boxes together, and used that to hold my rounds more organized. Eventually, I made a kydex box for it, and it was lined with neoprene, so the rounds didn't rattle, but that held 300 rounds. Initially, i molled that directly to the rear of my kit, but i found an alice frame with the straps, and i had it on there as a dedicated ammo bag. I also had 100 rounds on my iotv, and another 100 on my belt. Eventually, i just threw all 200 rounds on my belt and made suspenders for my belt set up. We didnt have those nutsucks for our gun teams, so yes, i did have my 50-round starter belt wrapped around my gun. The act of having to unwrap your rounds before firing may seem outlandish, but when you have to set your conditions, by deploying your bipod and undoing your sling, and eventually linking into tripod, its really such a small step its almost negligable. My advice for all machine gunners...stop trying to abandon your barrel bag, it is your friend.

Bro john is such a professional. Literally makes the video.

"Take more pictures with your friends..." Dude has lost some buddies for sure. God bless you man. Thanks for doing the hard jobs

The Vegas joke caught me off guard, god i love charlie

Is it weird that one of my favorite parts of this video is the acknowledgement that dextron mercon transmission fluid is one of the best oils there is to clean and lubricate moving metal parts. I have used it as a detergent in a mechanical setting to free up sludged up cam phasers, stuck lifters, carbon seized piston rings , de-carboning valves in engines. Never would have even thought to apply that to the firearm world. Thank you guys for the knowledge and your time.

Man, "Take more pictures with your friends" hit hard. That was advice from experience.

Former 11B 240B gunner here. That machinegun is a bear to carry, but holy hell, does it cause chaos. Especially when the 2 240s are talking.

Imagine the directors cut version with Charles completely uncensored.

Aight I’ll say it. That slow mo montage of the wall penetration test was better than most movies out in theaters right now. The music was the chefs kiss 🤌🏻

Dude, I was an 0331 for 5 years in a line company. We did competitions for accuracy and I'm telling you the thing was an open bolt fully automatic sniper rifle. I could repeatedly make headshots on man sized steel at 600 off the bipod and made several headshots at 800. This is while single loading one round at a time onto the feed tray, not firing a burst obviously. This was with a Bravo model so I can't speak to the Lima or the modified model being run here, but I agree with John in that the foregrip doesn't make sense and that the OG bipod is king.

Charlie's really giving the legal team some job security with these add reads.

I carried a 240B in Ramadi 2005-2006. While she’s a pain to carry in long dismounted patrols, there’s no other gun I would have wanted when we got into contact. I actually kinda miss her.

I was a 13R (Radar nerd for big guns) when I was active. We were given a 240. Shot that thing more than I ever shot my M4 while I was in, loved it every single time. I can't say much about the weight (I rucked with it every Thursday, gotta love 10th Mountain), but it was always in our shelter truck whenever we went out to the field. Very sad day when I realized it wasn't coming on our deployment with us, but late GWOT was too chill for it anyways. Great vid!

John's familiarity and expertise with the 240 is evident in how he handles it like a lost love.

M240B turning lumbar discs into jelly

The M240B was far and away my favorite weapon to clean in the USAF armory, which made my boss love me. Nothing beat a winter day with nobody bothering me, watching minecraft youtube videos, and cleaning a 240 so well you could eat off it.

Qualified expert with the M240B, and what shocked me was how accurate that beast is when you’re in the prone and really tighten down on it and pull the stock into your shoulder nicely with your non firing hand. She groups tightly!